Tea party: Obama will talk to Iranians but not to GOP leaders

The head of a national tea party group likened Obamacare to prohibition and said that it is “ridiculous” that President Obama will talk to the Iranians but declines to talk to congressional Republicans, who are clamoring to put his signature domestic achievement on hold for at least a year.

Amy Kremer, head of Tea Party Express, said that GOP lawmakers have shown a willingness to compromise by pushing for a one-year delay of Obamacare rather than a full repeal of the law — which remains the ultimate goal of opponents.

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“We want to negotiate with Harry Reid and the president,” Ms. Kremer said on CNN. “The president is talking to the Iranians, and he won’t even talk to Republicans. That’s ridiculous.”

Polls show that support for the health care law has dropped since the beginning of the year but that most voters do not want the fight over Obamacare to be tied into the spending battle that has steered the government toward a government shutdown.